{The areal photograph above was taken by a friend and looks out across the town towards the blacked paddocks after the fire.} “What did you do on the weekend?” His swimming teacher asked him. “My house nearly burn-ed down. It was cooool!” When you are three, a bush fire is all low flying helicopters and […]

This week I sent my big kids back to school with a minimum of fuss but a lot of exhaustion! This week I totally forgot about my ‘photo a day’ plans. I didn’t even take a ‘first day of school photo!’, but we did have a first day of school milkshake! This week my big […]

This week I turned 41 and had Mexican food and cheap Turkish delight and cuddles to celebrate. This week I found yet another way to eat zucchini. This week I discovered this awesome instagrammer who will make you smile. This week I had a night out with friends I adore, talking, laughing and eating – […]

This week I have been trying to work my way out of super relaxed, do nothing, holiday mode, and ease back in to some kind of schedule. The Father Figure went back to work this week and I had a hospital allergy appointment to help jolt me back into reality, but I just can’t do […]

First there is the excitment of opening presents Christmas morning! Then there is a big fancy family breakfast, then a car ride to the grandparents’ house, seeing cousins, a few more presents… and then there is a lull in proceedings while adults rush around trying to get food ready for Christmas lunch… It is during […]

This week I am thinking about swimming, wrapping presents and all the things I need to do in the days leading up to Christmas day…. and that is it! Do you do that too? Plan your life and keep everything going up until a certain date or event, and forget that life continues on after […]

This week I am letting go of lofty ideals…. The bread will be shop bought not homemade, all of it. In the long run, no one will remember if I made the bread or not, not even me, but I will be a better mother for not rushing and stressing over bread making. There will […]

This week has been a win some, lose some, kinda week… WIN: Strawberry season is finally here and we are picking and eating warm, sweet, berries every day! LOSE: Something is still eating my beans! WIN: It stopped raining and it has even been been warm and sunny most of this week! Time to do […]